Eternal Ephemera: The Papal Possesso and Its Legacies in Early Modern Rome

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Eternal Ephemera: The Papal Possesso and Its Legacies in Early Modern RomeOverview Eternal Ephemera is the first book dedicated to the visual culture and history of the possesso. This post election procession led the pope from the Vatican to the Lateran, where he took solemn possession of his diocese as bishop of Rome. In this collection, six essays symbiotically expose the long lasting ramifications of possessi in sixteenth and seventeenth century Rome. This triumphant parade affected architecture and urbanism, triggered

Chapter 1: Faith and Heresy

The volume invites further study of saints of all sorts — canonized

James Grubb

and her text provides insight into early Puritanism

reveal the rich tapestry of confraternal life across the Mezzogiorno

Reflections on a Newly Discovered Manuscript of Hans Baron”

“‘Personal Rituals’: The Office of Ceremonies and Papal Weddings

“Epic’s Endless Deferral: Vernacular Masculinities in the Florence of Lorenzo de’ Medici”

To Beatrice Savonarola with a copy of his lauda for St Mary Magdalene (3 Nov

Her books include The Beginnings of Netherlandish Canvas Painting (1989)

intellectual

they must be graceful and subtle